Overview of the events of 2003 in film
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2003 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre- specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts.
Highest-grossing films
See also: Lists of box office number-one films § 2003The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | New Line | $1,140,682,011 |
| 2 | Finding Nemo | Buena Vista | $871,014,978 |
| 3 | The Matrix Reloaded | Warner Bros. | $739,412,035 |
| 4 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Buena Vista | $654,264,015 |
| 5 | Bruce Almighty | Universal / Buena Vista | $484,592,874 |
| 6 | The Last Samurai | Warner Bros. | $454,627,263 |
| 7 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Warner Bros. / Sony Pictures / Columbia | $433,371,112 |
| 8 | The Matrix Revolutions | Warner Bros. | $427,343,298 |
| 9 | X2 | 20th Century Fox | $407,711,549 |
| 10 | Bad Boys II | Sony Pictures / Columbia | $273,339,556 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King grossed more than $1.14 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after Titanic in 1997.
Finding Nemo was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by Shrek 2 in 2004.
Events
- February 24: The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography.
- June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia.
- June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest.
- November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California.
- December 22: Both of the movies from the Matrix trilogy released in 2003 were shut out of visual effects Oscar consideration by the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee.
- December 31: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mails nomination ballots in which it qualifies 254 films released in 2003 as eligible for Oscar consideration.
Award ceremonies
Awards
2003 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 2003
- List of Argentine films of 2003
- List of Australian films of 2003
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2003
- List of British films of 2003
- List of Canadian films of 2003
- List of Chinese films of 2003
- List of French films of 2003
- List of Hong Kong films of 2003
- List of Indian films of 2003
- List of Japanese films of 2003
- List of Mexican films of 2003
- List of Pakistani films of 2003
- List of Russian films of 2003
- List of South Korean films of 2003
- List of Spanish films of 2003
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 2003
- List of animated feature films of 2003
- List of avant-garde films of 2003
- List of crime films of 2003
- List of comedy films of 2003
- List of drama films of 2003
- List of horror films of 2003
- List of science fiction films of 2003
- List of thriller films of 2003
- List of western films of 2003
Births
- January 2 – Cyrus Arnold, American actor
- January 4 – Jaeden Martell, American actor
- February 4 – Edvin Ryding, Swedish actor
- February 6 – Fabian Penje, Swedish actor
- February 20
- Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer
- William Gao, English actor and singer
- March 1 – Yasmeen Fletcher, American actress and musician
- March 3 – Thomas Barbusca, American actor
- March 6 – Millicent Simmonds, American actress
- March 12 – Malina Weissman, American actress
- March 20 – Cooper Hoffman, American actor
- April 3 – Elsie Fisher, American actress
- April 9 – Lilia Buckingham, American actress, author and dancer
- April 13 – Jean Paulo Campos, Brazilian actor
- April 30 – Emily Carey, English actress and model
- May 1 – Lizzy Greene, American actress
- May 19
- Daiken Okudaira, Japanese actor
- JoJo Siwa, American singer, actress and YouTuber
- June 1
- Emjay Anthony, American actor
- Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, Canadian actress
- June 2 – Jeremy Ray Taylor, American actor
- June 3 – Louis Partridge, English actor
- June 16 – Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress
- June 18 – Bailey Bass, American actress
- June 29 – Alexys Nycole Sanchez, American actress
- July 1 – Storm Reid, American actress
- July 9 – Marcel Ruiz, Puerto Rican actor
- July 13 – Wyatt Oleff, American actor
- August 18 – Max Charles, American actor
- August 25 – Iñaki Godoy, Mexican actor
- August 28 – Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress
- August 30 – Yasmin Finney, English actress
- September 3 – Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor
- September 8 - Nicolas Cantu, American actor
- September 18 – Aidan Gallagher, American actor and musician
- September 24 – Joe Locke, Manx actor
- September 25 – Bella Ramsey, English actress
- November 7
- Lara McDonnell, Irish actress
- Park Ji-hu, South Korean actress
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | Royce D. Applegate | 63 | US | Actor | |
| 1 | Cyril Shaps | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 4 | Conrad Hall | 72 | French Polynesia | Cinematographer | ||
| 5 | Massimo Girotti | 84 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 8 | Ron Goodwin | 77 | UK | Composer | ||
| 11 | Anthony Havelock-Allan | 98 | UK | Producer | ||
| 11 | Maurice Pialat | 77 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 11 | Dick Simmons | 89 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
| 12 | Maurice Gibb | 53 | Isle of Man | Singer, Composer, Actor | ||
| 13 | Norman Panama | 88 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 14 | Mel Bourne | 79 | US | Production Designer | ||
| 14 | Paul Monash | 85 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
| 14 | Donald O'Brien | 72 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 17 | Richard Crenna | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | David Battley | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
| 20 | Nedra Volz | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | John Grieve | 78 | UK | Actor | ||
| 23 | Nell Carter | 54 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Cliff Norton | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | Leopoldo Trieste | 85 | Italy | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Anthony Eisley | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Mary Ellis | 105 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
| 31 | William Marlowe | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| February | 3 | Lana Clarkson | 40 | US | Actress | |
| 7 | Stephen Whittaker | 55 | UK | Actor, Director | ||
| 9 | Vera Hruba Ralston | 82 | Czech Republic | Actress | ||
| 13 | Robert Ivers | 68 | US | Actor, Voice Double | ||
| 13 | Stacy Keach Sr. | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Jack Brodsky | 70 | US | Producer | ||
| 22 | Daniel Taradash | 89 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 24 | Walter Scharf | 92 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
| 24 | Alberto Sordi | 82 | Italy | Actor, Screenwriter, Director | ||
| March | 3 | Horst Buchholz | 69 | Germany | Actor | |
| 8 | Adam Faith | 62 | UK | Actor, Singer | ||
| 8 | Karen Morley | 93 | US | Actress | ||
| 12 | Lynne Thigpen | 54 | US | Actress | ||
| 15 | Thora Hird | 91 | UK | Actress | ||
| 13 | Christiane Schmidtmer | 63 | Germany | Actress | ||
| 16 | Lars Passgård | 62 | Sweden | Actor | ||
| 18 | Naomi Chance | 73 | UK | Actress | ||
| 19 | Rick Zumwalt | 51 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Philip Yordan | 88 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 27 | Paul Zindel | 66 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | Michael Jeter | 50 | US | Actor | ||
| 31 | Anne Gwynne | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| April | 1 | Jean-Yves Escoffier | 52 | France | Cinematographer | |
| 2 | Michael Wayne | 68 | US | Producer | ||
| 4 | Anthony Caruso | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | David Greene | 82 | UK | Director | ||
| 8 | Kathie Browne | 72 | US | Actress | ||
| 8 | Bing Russell | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Vera Zorina | 86 | Germany | Actress | ||
| 12 | Sydney Lassick | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Graham Jarvis | 72 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 22 | Andrea King | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Jesse Nilsson | 25 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 26 | Peter Stone | 73 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 28 | Ciccio Ingrassia | 80 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 30 | Jim Connors | 56 | US | Actor, Stuntman | ||
| May | 3 | Suzy Parker | 70 | US | Actress | |
| 6 | Jocelyn Herbert | 86 | UK | Production Designer | ||
| 9 | Carmen Filpi | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Bernard Spear | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | Wendy Hiller | 90 | UK | Actress | ||
| 14 | Robert Stack | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Rachel Kempson | 92 | UK | Actress | ||
| 28 | Martha Scott | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| 28 | Marc Zuber | 59 | India | Actor | ||
| 30 | Haskell Boggs | 94 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| June | 2 | Richard Cusack | 77 | US | Actor | |
| 3 | John Jympson | 72 | UK | Film Editor | ||
| 7 | Trevor Goddard | 40 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | William Marshall | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Gregory Peck | 87 | US | Actor, Producer | ||
| 15 | Hume Cronyn | 90 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 15 | Philip Stone | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 16 | Carlos Rivas | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Fielder Cook | 80 | US | Director | ||
| 21 | George Axelrod | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | Leon Uris | 78 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 24 | Barbara Weeks | 89 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | David Newman | 66 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Rod Amateau | 79 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | Katharine Hepburn | 96 | US | Actress | ||
| 30 | Buddy Hackett | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Constance Smith | 75 | Ireland | Actress | ||
| July | 6 | Buddy Ebsen | 95 | US | Actor, Dancer | |
| 7 | Elisabeth Welch | 99 | US | Actress | ||
| 8 | Marjorie Fowler | 82 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 9 | Elliott Marks | 61 | US | Still Photographer | ||
| 21 | Robert F. Blumofe | 93 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
| 23 | Sheila Bromley | 91 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | John Schlesinger | 77 | UK | Director | ||
| 27 | Karin Booth | 87 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Bob Hope | 100 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Marian Carr | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| 31 | Frederick Coffin | 60 | US | Actor | ||
| August | 2 | Don Estelle | 70 | UK | Actor | |
| 6 | Larry Taylor | 85 | UK | Actor, Stuntman | ||
| 9 | Gregory Hines | 57 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
| 10 | Jacques Deray | 74 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | Charles Bronson | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| September | 1 | Jack Smight | 78 | US | Director | |
| 3 | David King-Wood | 89 | Iran | Actor | ||
| 4 | Ben Aris | 66 | UK | Actor | ||
| 6 | Louise Platt | 88 | US | Actress | ||
| 8 | Leni Riefenstahl | 101 | Germany | Director | ||
| 11 | John Ritter | 54 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Johnny Cash | 71 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| 14 | Jerry Fleck | 55 | US | Production Manager | ||
| 16 | Sheb Wooley | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Tom Busby | 66 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 21 | Pamela Gordon | 66 | US | Actress | ||
| 22 | Gordon Jump | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Lyle Bettger | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | Herb Gardner | 68 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 26 | George Plimpton | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Fay Helm | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Donald O'Connor | 78 | US | Actor, Dancer | ||
| 28 | Elia Kazan | 94 | Turkey | Director | ||
| October | 1 | Julie Parrish | 62 | US | Actress | |
| 3 | Florence Stanley | 79 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Denis Quilley | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| 9 | Ruth Hall | 92 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Victoria Horne | 91 | US | Actress | ||
| 17 | Janice Rule | 72 | US | Actress | ||
| 17 | Bernard Schwartz | 85 | US | Producer | ||
| 18 | David Lodge | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
| 19 | Guy Rolfe | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
| 20 | Jack Elam | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Steve Yaconelli | 62 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| November | 8 | Bob Grant | 71 | UK | Actor | |
| 9 | Fred J. Brown | 68 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| 9 | Art Carney | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Robert Brown | 82 | UK | Actor | ||
| 12 | Jonathan Brandis | 27 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Whitfield Cook | 94 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 12 | Kay E. Kuter | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Penny Singleton | 95 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Gene Anthony Ray | 41 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | David Holt | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Dorothy Loudon | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Albert Nozaki | 91 | Japan | Art Director | ||
| 18 | Michael Kamen | 55 | US | Composer | ||
| 20 | Robert Addie | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
| 23 | Patricia Burke | 86 | UK | Actress | ||
| 24 | Michael Small | 64 | US | Composer | ||
| 26 | Gordon Reid | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| 27 | Norman Burton | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Edmund Hartmann | 92 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | Earl Bellamy | 86 | US | Director | ||
| December | 2 | Suzanne Cloutier | 80 | Canada | Actress, Producer | |
| 3 | Ellen Drew | 88 | US | Actress | ||
| 3 | David Hemmings | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
| 7 | Robert R. Benton | 79 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| 10 | Sean McClory | 79 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 14 | Jeanne Crain | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Madlyn Rhue | 68 | US | Actress | ||
| 17 | Alan Tilvern | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
| 19 | Hope Lange | 72 | US | Actress | ||
| 19 | Les Tremayne | 90 | UK | Actor | ||
| 22 | Rose Hill | 89 | UK | Actress | ||
| 27 | Alan Bates | 69 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Earl Hindman | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Bob Monkhouse | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | John Gregory Dunne | 71 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | Anita Mui | 40 | Hong Kong | Actress, Singer | ||
| 30 | Patricia Roc | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
| 31 | Peter Donen | 50 | US | Visual Effects Artist | ||
| 31 | Paula Raymond | 79 | US | Actress |
Film debuts
- Raúl Arévalo – With George Bush on My Mind
- Jonathan Bennett – Season of Youth
- P.J. Byrne – Bruce Almighty
- Rob Corddry – Old School
- Benedict Cumberbatch – To Kill a King
- Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick - The Paper Mache Chase
- Zac Efron – Melinda's World
- Matthew Goode – South from Granada
- Teresa Hurtado de Ory − Astronauts
- Josh Hutcherson – American Splendor
- Zoe Kazan – Swordswallowers and Thin Men
- Anna Kendrick – Camp
- George MacKay – Peter Pan
- Danny McBride – All the Real Girls
- Chris O'Dowd – Conspiracy of Silence
- Glen Powell – Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
- Chris Pratt – The Extreme Team
- Nikki Reed – Thirteen
- Rob Riggle – Pushing Tom
- Britt Robertson – The Ghost Club
- Verónica Sánchez – South from Granada
- María Valverde – The Weakness of the Bolshevik
- Mike Vogel – Grind
- Leigh Whannell – The Matrix Reloaded
- Kristen Wiig – Melvin Goes to Dinner
References
- "2003 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- "Finding Nemo (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 31, 2012.
- Broder, John M. (2003-11-17). "Schwarzenegger Is Sworn In as Governor of California". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
External links
- List of 2003 films at IMDb
- 2003 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
- List of 2003 deaths at IMDb
- List of 2003 births at IMDb
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